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Topsoil Blues

from Late Bloomer by Jan Hauenstein

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Folk Alley featured an Open Mike page for many years, this was in the top three of the most-listened-to songs.

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Topsoil Blues Words Fred Grittner/Music Jan Hauenstein

Capo 5th fret

(Fj7) (Fj9) (Fj7) (Fj9) (G) (G/D) (G/B)
I’m (C)beginning (C/B)to (Am)wonder(Am/E)
(F)Will my crops come (C)in? (C/E)
There (C)isn’t (C/B)any (Am)sight of rain,(Am/E)
And my (F)topsoil’s much too (G)thin.(G/D)
(F)I should leave this (C)place,(C/E)
But it’s (Fj7)burned into my skin.
The (G)holy ghost of order
(Fj7)Is my next of (C5)kin. (Fj7) (Fj9) (G) (G/D) (G/B)

I’m (C)starting (C/B)to con(Am)sider(Am/E)
(F)All my options (C)now.(C/E)
I (C)try to (C/B)stay on (Am)message,(Am/E)
But (F)I can’t speed this (G)plow.(G/D)
(F)No one wants to (C)listen,(C/E)
(Fj7)They know anyhow.
I (G)swore that I´d be silent,
But (Fj7)I can´t keep that (C5)vow. (Fj7) (Fj9) (G) (G/D) (G/B)

The (Am)time between Natchez
(Fj7)And the gulf coast sand
Could (G)fill up a dump truck
And a (Cj7)one-night (Cj7/E)stand. (Cj7) (Cj7/E)
I can (Am)see your lips moving,
But (E)I don’t understand,
You (Am)speak a long-dead (Fj7)language
(G)In this no man´s (Cj7)land. (Cj7/E) (Am) (Fj7) (G) (Cj7) (Cj7/E) (Am) (Fj7) (G) (Cj7) (Cj7/E)
(Dm) (G) (Dm7) (G) (G/D) (G/B)

I’m (C)going (C/B)to the (Am)pay phone,(Am/E)
(F)Try to make a (C)line.(C/E)
Should (C)get my(C/B)self a tat(Am)too,(Am/E)
(F)Not the homemade (G)kind.(G/D)
You (F)can’t erase the (C)past(C/E)
Un(Fj7)less you hit rewind.
So (G)many broken borders
(Fj7)In this state of (C5)mind. (Fj7) (Fj9) (G) (G/D) (G/B)

(C)I used (C/B)to have (Am)nightmares(Am/E)
(F)That would come and (C)go,(C/E)
Now they’re (C)circling (C/B)over (Am)Texas(Am/E)
In a (F)barnstorming (G)show.(G/D)
It’s (F)hard to read the (C)wine list(C/E)
(Fj7)When you’re eating crow,
I´ll (G)wash it down and wonder
What (Fj7)seeds I´ve left to (C5)sow. (Fj7) (Fj9) (G) (G/D) (G/B)

The (Am)time between Natchez
(Fj7)And the gulf coast sand
Could (G)fill up a dump truck
And a (Cj7)one-night (Cj7/E)stand. (Cj7) (Cj7/E)
I can (Am)see your lips moving,
But (E)I don’t understand,
You (Am)speak a long-dead (Fj7)language
(G)In this no man´s (Cj7)land. (Cj7/E) (Am) (Fj7) (G) (Cj7) (Cj7/E) (Am) (Fj7) (G) (Cj7) (Cj7/E)
(Dm) (G) (Dm7) (G) (G/D) (G/B) (Cj7) (C)

Words Fred Grittner, music Jan Hauenstein, Goettingen, 28 February 2009

janhauenstein@gmx.de

www.janhauenstein.com

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from Late Bloomer, released August 11, 2009

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Jan Hauenstein Göttingen, Germany

More than background music.
You'll hear folk, blues, jazzy songs, rock. Big voice. Albums recommended by Gordon Bok, Harvey Andrews, Jez Lowe and others.
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Why no free uploads? I cover songs. Register them with the German music rights agency GEMA. They hopefully reimburse the artists. The tax authorities demand that I make (not lose) a little money each year... ... more

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